A Very Secret Trade Publication Van Diemen’s Land became a

Van Diemen’s Land became a dumping ground for New Zealand’s unwanted

and many other things

these pretty statement earrings are lightweight and fun to wear

For nearly seven decades

Twelve jumbo triangular colour pencils designed to naturally encourage correct tripod grip in young children

A Very Secret Trade Publication Van Diemen’s Land became aIn the nineteenth century, collectors and museum curators in Europe were fascinated by the antipodean colony of Tasmania. They cultivated contacts in the colony who could supply them with exotic specimens, including skeletons of the thylacine and the platypus. But they were not just interested in animals and plants. The belief that the original people of the colony were an utterly unique race and facing possible extinction had the European scientific